SECURITY — The slaying of a 20-year-old Colorado Springs man whose body was found floating in a creek in Pueblo County on May 28 stemmed from a dispute over a stolen ring, a bag of dope and $10, according to court documents.

One of two suspects in the slaying, 19-year-old Jessy Jo Barnes, admitted to shooting Daniel Cressey twice inside her bedroom in a Security-Widefield home that she shared with 48-year-old Howard Box, court documents said. Box, suspected of helping her move and dump the body, was arrested in Arizona on June 13.

According to court documents, on the night of the shooting, Barnes told detectives that she had brought Cressey over to spend the night. When Box came home, however, Cressey became afraid and upset because of an earlier fight the two had been involved in. That fight was related to the stolen items, court documents said.

According to court documents, Cressey’s behavior prompted Barnes to grab and load a gun that was sitting on a nightstand.

In an interview with an El Paso County sheriff’s detective June 11, Barnes admitted to shooting Cressey twice in the chest.

She told detectives that she shot him once and that he had picked up a TV stand to shield himself from another bullet, but he fell to the floor. Barnes said she then shot him once more in the chest.

She also told detectives she and Box had wrapped his body in two plastic bags before loading it into the back of her SUV to dump it in Fountain Creek.

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